Disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guérin disease in immunocompetent adult patients
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Background: Tuberculosis is an essential problem for healthcare systems especially in developing countries . All newborns are given Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in Iran which is prepared from live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, and is given to protect against tuberculosis. Osteomyelitis secondary to BCG vaccination is rare and usually involves epiphysis of long tubular bones. Methods...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2016.03.009